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Bailey is boxing up food to give to charity. She has 24 cans of soup and 36 bags of rice. If she wants to pack boxes with an equal amount of each food item in each box, what is the greatest number of boxes that Bailey can assemble?

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User Meleyal
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Hey there:) ,The answer is 24
User George Mastros
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Answer:

24

Explanation:

24 bags of rice

24 cans of soup

so that would be 24 boxes with equal number of each item

the leftover bags of rice could not be put into boxes because there is no cans of soup left to make a full box.

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